Perth, Crieff Road, Mcdiarmid Park
Football Ground (19th Century) - (20th Century), Stadium (20th Century)
Site Name Perth, Crieff Road, Mcdiarmid Park
Classification Football Ground (19th Century) - (20th Century), Stadium (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) St Johnstone Football Club; St Johnstone Fc Football Ground
Canmore ID 79820
Site Number NO02NE 99
NGR NO 08970 25161
NGR Description Centred NO 08970 25161
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/79820
- Council Perth And Kinross
- Parish Tibbermore
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Perth And Kinross
- Former County Perthshire
NO02NE 99 centred 08970 25161
Successor to Muirton Park (NO12SW 222); opened August 1989.
Information from RCAHMS (JRS), 10 February 1995.
ARCHITECT: Percy Johnson-Marshall and Partners 1989
In 1988 St Johnstone Football Club sold their valuable town centre site to Asda Stores plc and embarked on the construction of a new 10,000 seater stadium on farmland at the edge of Perth owned by Mr B McDiarmid. McDiarmid Park is the first purpose-built new all-seater football stadium to be built in Scotland this century.
Prospect, Summer 1995